Sentences with phrase «known orca»

When a barge dangerously laden with logging equipment, including a tanker truck of diesel fuel, spilled its load in the heart of the world's best known orca habitat — the Ecological Reserve at Robson Bight — last August 20th, whale lovers were outraged, environmentalists dismayed, the public alerted, and even the oil industry took note.

(«Granny,» the oldest known orca in these populations, died recently at the grand old age of 105; she hadn't reproduced in some 40 years, but was still the leader of her pod.)

Not exact matches

«As far as I know, this is something unique in Canada,» says Laurie Johnston, CEO of the Ontario Retirement Communities Association (ORCA).

Climate change and the resulting loss of sea ice during the summer have opened new hunting territory for the killer whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic, but scientists knew very little about these animals until they tapped into the traditional knowledge of Inuit hunters who shared unique firsthand descriptions of orca hunting tactics.

Researchers now classify those killer whales into three groups: «resident» orcas that feed exclusively on fish, «transient» orcas that usually eat marine mammals, and «offshore» orcas that are so mysterious no one knows what they eat.

Orcas are known for throwing themselves onto beaches, sandbars, or ice floes to grab victims, or for smashing into floating ice to knock potential prey into the water.

Apart from humans and the occasional orca known to attack babies, whales don't really have predators, probably simply because of their size.

Orcas are known to communicate amongst themselves using an array of sounds, and the animals have even demonstrated «dialects» — variations in communication signals that are specific to certain groups of the animals — the scientists reported in a new study.

Overall, Gwiazdowski concludes, «Surprisingly, cryptic species are being uncovered among really big, supposedly well - known animals, like elephants and orcas.

Tangina Barron (Rubinstein), the paranormal investigator from Poltergeist, sends out a Native American shaman (Sampson, Orca) to help protect the family once she discovers the hidden cave buried in the ground where Kane and his followers died, knowing that the family will not be able to escape Kane's interest no matter where they might go.

He is arguably the world's best known killer whale, or orca, and currently resides at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

Orca Publishers which is known for their hi / lo books that reach reluctant readers bridged into the comics world a while back.

Because I know about all the rescue work SeaWorld does which is entirely eclipsed by the orca shows and captive entertainment it has have misguidedly clung to.

The method is best known from the world of marine mammal training where trainers need a way to communicate with large animals like dolphins and orcas who can not be controlled physically.

They were capturing photos and videos of orcas, also known as killer whales, he said, adding that the trip was organized by his company.

The waters around Telegraph Cove are known for its large Orca population.

Orcas are actually part of the dolphin family and have been given the name «Killer Whale» because they have been known to kill whales.

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This day began with reports of numerous orcas arriving from the north... from their calls we knew that several A & G clan families were present, including A1s, A4s, I15s & I31 / I11s, but we heard no A5 calls and did not know whether Springer's companions of the past 10 days (A51 & A61) were there -LSB-...]

Basic facts about orca society, and the glue that holds it together, have been known since the 1970s, when the «photo - ID» work of Mike Bigg and Ian McAskie, & their collaborators, revealed that «resident» fish eating orcas live in -LSB-...]

Diversities and distributions of cetaceans are less known; southern right whales [16] and orcas are more common followed by other migratory baleen and toothed whales especially sperm and beaked whales prefer deep waters.

Orcas are known to prey on minkes, especially in parts of the southern hemisphere.

The North Island Kayak Four Day Orcas and the Humpbacks Sea Kayaking Adventure concentrates on the areas known to be the primary summer range of Northern Resident Orca (killer whale) population and the summer feeding grounds of an ever increasing number of Humpback Whales.

These are known to be the summer feeding grounds of the Northern Resident Orcas, or killer whales and surround the protected Robson Bight Ecological Reserve.

Geoffrey Roy goes whalewatching in the realm of the orca, better - known as the Johnstone Strait, Canada More

The North Island Kayak Three Day Orca Sea Kayaking Safari concentrates on the areas known to be the primary summer range of Northern Resident Orca (killer whale) population.

The elusive Whale Sharks are even known to make an appearance, some reaching up to 35 - feet long; as well as Spinner Dolphins, Humpback Whales, Pilot Whales, and Orcas.

The orcas, also known as killer whales, have been entertaining our San Juan Island kayak tours all summer, showing off their power with beautiful breaches and playful tail - slaps on the water.

We know a lot of people come to our area and book tours with us because they want to see Killer Whales / Orca in their natural habitat.

Remarkably, two of the calves were born to mothers less than 10 years old, and one was born to a mom aged 43 years, extending the known ages for orca whale reproduction.

These orcas routinely stop by the «rubbing beaches» such as the best - known one in Robson Bight Ecological Reserve in Johnstone Strait, where they swim into the shallow waters and skid their bodies against the stones found on the pebbled slopes found here.

Much of what is known about the orca whale's highly - organized social life has been learned from the resident pods you can watch from kayaks in the San Juan Islands of Washington.

A large killer whale, sometimes known as an orca, was spotted on December 29, 2016, heading north with another male adult and a juvenile.

Orcas are rarely seen in the waters off of Belize, and the last known sighting occurred in 2014 near Maugre Caye in the Turneffe Atoll region prior to the December 29, 2016, encounter.

The two orca whale species in Washington are currently known as «Resident Killer Whales» and «Transient Killer Whales» until better names are decided on.

The resident orcas of the San Juan Archipelago are some of the most studied and well - known whales in the world; they in turn have observed humans closely for at least six thousand years.

Much of what is known about the orcas» highly - organized social life has been learned from the resident pods you can observe in the San Juan Islands.

Groups of transient orcas are known to kill gray whales, especially calves.

Because these waters are known for their diversity, viewers often see gray whales, humpback whales, seals, sea lions, several species of dolphins along with an occasional orca whale pod.

Blackney Pass is also one of the best places in North America to view Orcas, also known as Killer Whales, as they make their way to and from Johnstone Strait and the rubbing beaches of Robson Bight.

But with alternatives such as orca whale watching kayak tours in Washington and film documentaries available, this final argument no longer has merit.

The Orca is the only known natural enemy of the Gray whale — and what an enemy!

The San Juan Islands are known for its marine wildlife and its orca whales.

Blackney Pass is also one of the best places in North America to view Orcas — also known as Killer Whales — as they make their way to and from Johnstone Strait and the rubbing beaches of Robson Bight on Vancouver Island.

(Orcinus Orca) Orcas are the best known of any whale, as they have been extensively studied in the wild and in sea parks and aquariums.

We know from the hemorrhaging of other whales elsewhere, especially Orca and Beaked whales, from the Navy's exercises that the effects can be tragically lethal.

Some smaller whales, such as orca, are known to occasionally take hooked fish from commercial longlines, but the economic impact is slight.

These 76 orcas — also known as the southern resident killer whales — are Canada's most endangered marine mammal.

It's simply not possible, in the same way, for me to «know» what an orca «wants,» and a dangerous hubris, I would suggest, to imagine otherwise.